happens, happens.he's at peace with this season... and hhs choice to retiie. 3 like the true leaderrhe is... he's already lined up his successsr.quarterback joe flacco.haters can say what they want about the q-b's play....but there's been noo performanne by a quarttr in -3 their first 5 seasons... jacco'ss he firrs to take his team to the playoffs 5 - straight years... with att least one win.he's 7-and-4 in 33& wins on the road...just behind tom brady ann ben roethlisbergerrfor best all-ttme record..since 20-10... flacco has over 14- hundred passing yaads... 12 touchdowns.. to just 2 interceptions in the & pllyoofs....is he the new ray lewii??? maybb not... but he's forrsure their playoff geenrrl..- 3 "joe flacco is truly ouu leaddr. not only haa he taken tth role of our leader, he is leadinggus doow this whole stretth. the one thing hat vocaa. he gets us lined up. he does everythiig that he needs to do as a quarterback. but doinn that he's doong isswe are executtng at a high level"

3&pwhy thh ravens are lloking into tonya harding'ss availability for sunday... that's later in sports unlimited. -3 3 purrle fridays are a trrdition here in ballimore, but it is england rrght now. 3 that's where joel d. smith s ... joel d, we know they don't have purple friday there in providence, but on't they have somethhng equivallnt? 3 not evvn close guys.... (ad & lib) 3 i'' proudly displaying my purple.... but ii you are looking for red white and blue ... ood luck. 3 take vo... mayye you can find it ere.... (ad lib)) and the fans ere once you start talking to them are sooooo cocky. they don't just want to win, they are picky about the way they do itt! 3 5352 its not fun to beat a team soo ad, you at least

3 want to make it ompetitive. - 5015 as much as a blowout -3 there with my hearr racing, and really be into it. 3 p33 joee d: ad lib) we finally saw this 3 guy who had to strii toosee 3 i aa told e will see more on sunday.... game day , but nott until then. it's a much pdfferent feel p here. not really a foooball town right 3 3 when do you expect to the big rush of ravvns fans tooarrive? 3 arriie?ravvns fans to theebig rushhof dooyou expect to when 3 when

3 dd you eepect to the big ush of ravvns fans to rrive? 3 ttanks joel... and 3 stick with ffx 45 for 3 have live reports in all newscastt....through the a-f-c championshhp. 3 -3 3 the energy is building ere in baltimore.....as the cctt gets &pwrapped in a sea of purple pride. 3 streaming live from parkville tonight where a rally is underway, jeff.... 3 it is happy rrally hhppy out here..... -3p we're at bill baaemans here in parkville which is one of 12 stops in a daylong caravan thats been travelling the city and getting the ccowd & pumped.....and ii seems to be workingg working. 3 3 3 feels it...." everybody else feels t...." -3 3 this ravens caravan hhs fouu

3 this ravens 33 this ravens caravan has four mooeestopp todayy... it'll wrap uu with a rally at pooerpplnt this evening at nine. jeff bell, fox 45, news at 5:00.... that brinns us to

3 3 45, news at 5:00.... jeff abell, fox evening at nnne. powerplant this with a rally at it'll wrap up &ptoday....more stops caravan has four this avens this raaens caaavan has four more stops today.... it'll wrap up with a ally at nine. jeff abeel, foo 45, & neww at 5:00.... 3 phattbrings us to 3our question of 33 the day.what is yourr prediction for the ravenn-paariots game? 3 go to fox-baltimore ddt com and tell us what you think. you can alss ound off through facebook. or send us aa tweet.. at foxbaltimore. aad we askeedyou o show us your purple pride. check out this little raven.... harper ps a fan from head to toe... and could even fill in for the massot. -3 3 and jjmey sent us thii shot of

& a future running back... with hhs game face on.... he's even & wearing his footballlpads under jerseyy- 3 you an upload hotos and videossto uu through purple att fox baltimore dot com. and you can see - those pictures on our "see it baltimoreedot com. 3 facebook page at facebook dot com slash foxxbaltimore click -3 on "inside fox45". 3 3 and even though new england is seven hours away... yyu can ssill trash talkkthose patriotssfans. pweee yourrthoughts oo the game and use the hash tag "patriott beat down". you can see what other what patriots fans arr saying - in return.. by going to &pfoxbaltimore dot com. click on "ray's last ride". 3 a car crash injures two -3 baltimmre police officers and -3a younn police xplorer, who was part of a youth education program. program.we wwee oon he scenne - abouu 10 o'clock last night & along wwst osteed street just sooth of m&t bank stadium.the officers were in a police van

another vehicle.they were taken to the hospitall and are expected to e okay.theedrrver offthe other car sufffred mmnor injuriee. 3 and a few hours earlier, two police cars were involved monument street in east baltimore. 3 one of thh cuisers - apparently hit the other one &psenning it into the side of a building. the officers pere not injured. 33 baltimore county police are tried to grab a 10-year-old boy aa e walked to school. school.it happened wedneeday morning.offfcers sayythe chiid was just a few bllcks away from wood--oor elementary in was abbe to get away... and ran inside the school. 33 (mr. ones) "it make you want to lmost meet ttem eeeryday,, you know, at the schhol...o walk them home. beccuse, like i said, some nut out herr, you know, doing stuffflike that, ittcould have been worse." worse."

3 police say so far... they don't have lot of phis case.the boy wasn't able toogive them a detailed & desccrption of the suspect.... orrhhs car. 3 governor o'malley unveils detaalsof a series of public peapons. 3 surroundee by police chiefs and laamakers...the governor says hewiil seek a ban on - military-styleassault weapons...limiting magazinn capacity to ttn rounds...andd to obtain a license...and ay for safety traininggthe governor has also included 25-million dollars in his budget toimprove seeurity in public schools. (governor) "the risk will never go away but it could well be that the actioos e take coulddvery well prevent -3 another trageddy ike newttwn.""- newtown."(pipkin) "at the end of he day, whether thee povernor likes it nor not, gun owership is an individual -3 right and he's making it &pdifficult for those who don't have means to be abbe to do t." it."

3anothee bill would strengthen baakgroundchecks of the mentally ill...who have a historyof viilence.&p3 ii you were one of the &pthousandsof folks who voted earll last november...you probably got caught in those longglines. lines.so now....overnor nuuber of arll voting dayss.. from six...to eight. he also pants to allow voters to register the same day they cast theirballot...during eaaly voting. 3 (governor) "wwile other tttes choose to roll back voting people to vote, we believe that in order to move forward -3 we need to make it eaaier for more people to vooe." but some republicans oppose the ideaof allowing ttose to - vote the sameday they & register...feering ittmayylead to voter fraud. 3 how arr the roads lookiig tonight? tonnghh?carrie peirce has our traffic edge report. reeort. mapmapmddt- 695 -greenspringmdot- 5 at 395 mdot- 83 at shawan

3 coming up.... it's one of the -3 biggest international hhstage crises in decadess... now, the freed captives in algeria are speaking out.... 3 3 a brutal attack caught on camera.... wwht hhppened after a woman as dragged onto the subway trackss- 3 did you ever take bannee substancee to enhance yyur cycling performance? yes. 3 llnce armstrong comes clean.... wwaa else he admiittd o dding during an iiterview with oprah. 3 &p--adblib weather tz--

3 the hostage ccisis in algeria continues... as the fiist &pimages ann interviews with some of those who made it out --3 aliveestart flowing in. as amy kellog reports....the miiitants are now threatening &pmore attacks... assthey try to wager a deal for two americans & still heed captive. 3 3 kellogg, fox news..

3 3 philadelphia police have arrested a man they say brutally attacked a woman onna pubway platform.we want to parn you this video is disturbing. man approaches her, apparently askiig for a lighter, then lunging at hee, beating her and then dragging her by thh ankles off the bench, and throwing her onto the tracks. p the man then picks up the 3 away. the woman managed po climb back onto the platform before a train camm. she suffered bbmps aad bruises.poliie say they aren't sure of the motivee but believe the man may have mentallhealth problemm. p3 lance armstrong omms cleen about ddping in an interview with oprah winfrey.the 7-time tour de france winner admitted to using a variety of performance ennancing rugs.he said, at the time, it didn't feel wrong... and connessed to & buulyinggpeople who trieedto -

tell the truth about his behavior. 33 if i didn't like what ssmebody said, aad for whhtevee reasons in my own head, wwether i viewee that as someeody being on you or whatever, i tried too control that and say that's a lie, they're liaas. &p 3 the admmssion willlbe ostly for armstrrng. he's already been stripped of his touu de france titles and the olyypic medal he wwn in 2000. he is also facing numerous lawsuits. the second parrtoo the &pinterview with oprah airs tonight. 3 asswe told you earlier the afc championship game betweee the ravens and the new england -3patriots coming up this sunday. the ravens are eight and- a- half- point underdogs but we & think. thurman writes on our facebook page..."23-21 ravens. 3 better field goal kickee unlike last year." year."and debbi writes..."the score doeen't matter as long as the ravens win." win." so far most people seem to be ccnfident of a ravvnss

victory despite what the odds makers say. 33 go to fox-baltimore dot com and tell us what you think. you caa also sounddoff through facebook. or send us a pweet.. at foxbaatimore. 3 3 new details on a hoax iivvovinggmanti te'o and a fake girrfriend.the person who may be behind it all... and the cnnection he has to the football layer. vaccine just approved by the fda.... how it's different... & and ho an get it. 3 3 --adblib weather tz--

33 new ddtails in the hoax involvinngnotre dame pinebacker monti te'o and his fake online girlfirend. 33& te'o was grief stricken by the death of his giilfriind lennny

kekua, who'd reportedly diid out... she never existed.te'o claims he was the viitim of a sick joke... buu didnt say who was beeind it.now, the deadspin reporttr who broke man... "ronaiah two-e-ya-so-so-po". friendd -3&pand famill say he created the & girlfriend and spreaded thee pyth online. 3"they told us that he has been doing the lennay kekua ffke online profile for everaa years, and that he's caught other people in its trap- but that they cauggt on waa -3earlier than manti te'o id.""- dii." 3 relatives also say that te'o two knew each other. -3 3 3 3 a nice weekend ahead... but it wont last for long.lets check &pin with eteorologist mily weather returns. 3 weather returrs.see when the

3 you can et yyur morning news and weather... seven dayy a week right ere on fox45.fox45 morning news - weekends launches tomorroo. it will be anchored by baltimore broadcaster marianne banister aad meteorologist tony pagnotti will bring you the weather.thh show premieres saturday at 6 a-m... and sunday at 7 a-m. -3 3 -3 3 anew treetment for breast cancer .... what a altimore hospital issoffering patients.

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3 with breast cancer-- the news alone can be devastating. and adding the burden of weekk ppoo weees of treatment ccn be dissouraging. 3 at mercy medical enter in baltimore---once a cancerous tumor is removvd--select patientsscan now chhose a pingle dose radiation treatment that only takes 30 miiutes to annhhur. that ccmpared to the typiccl six & process. 3 20:18:13 3 mercy medical ccnteeris the first in baltimore to offer - the single dose treatment.only sinne it became available in october.merccyis one of 35 sites in the u-s that offees 3 3 the f-d-a has approved a new flu vaccine that's madd áwithoutá eggssor the influenza virus.

3& it'sscalled "flublok" and was creattd using d-n-a techhology and an iisect virus. the years-old. experts say it process....ann connains three strains of inffuenza. &p3 3 new at 5:30..... the anne -3 inner circle say they feered &phim. 3 2:56 (foor-box of people - danciig - please put ssng unnerneath!) does it like raa lewis....but our morniig shhw gave it a squirrel dance.. 3 & --adblib eather z--

3 new at 5:30.. from emptying & catheter bag to